HOUSTON (AP) — Louisiana is set this week to execute a man by nitrogen gas, the first execution in the state in 15 years. Jessie Hoffman Jr., 46, is scheduled to die on Tuesday in Louisiana. He was ...

More than 2 years after Tennessee abruptly halted the execution of inmate Oscar Smith — admitting that correction officials were not following their own execution protocols — the state has announced a ...

The Monkeypox vaccine has just been given the green light by the Federal Drug Administration (FDA) to be administered via intradermal injection. This method will allow healthcare professionals to get ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. HOUSTON (AP) — South Carolina is preparing ...

NEW ORLEANS – Lethal injection, which became the death penalty method of choice after the electric chair was deemed too cruel, is now falling out of favor. Drug companies are rebelling against it.